Turkish Adaptation of the Pressure Injury Prevention Barriers Questionnaire: Validity and Reliability Study

The presence or absence of pressure injury is generally considered a quality measure of nursing care performance. This study aimed to adapt the Pressure Injury Prevention Barriers questionnaire to the Turkish version and to determine its validity and reliability.

A methodological study design was used. The instrument was translated into Turkish and back-translated into English. The questionnaire's language equivalence, content validity, test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and construct validity were evaluated. The research was conducted with 600 nurses at a university hospital who volunteered to participate. The number, percentage distributions, intraclass correlation coefficient, kappa coefficient test, and Mann-Whitney U test were used to analyze the data.

Ten experts in wound care evaluated content validity, and the content validity index was 0.92. The intraclass correlation coefficients obtained for all subdimensions of the questionnaire and the overall questionnaire were high. As a result of factor analysis, the questionnaire was grouped under 3 factors as in the original questionnaire. The questionnaire's overall internal consistency coefficient (Cronbach α) was highly reliable, with a coefficient of 0.914.

This questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool for cross-cultural studies to identify barriers faced by nurses in preventing pressure injuries in patients. It will contribute to the identification of barriers and the determination of strategies for solutions.